After Trevagg showed her some of the sights of Mos Eisley, he brought her to a cantina and ordered her several alcoholic drinks. He slipped a Love-Wallop pill into one of them, hoping to more easily seduce her, and the two then went to the Mos Eisley Inn and consummated their love. As per H'nemthe custom, Onith used her razor-sharp tongue to murder Trevagg immediately after making love, and soon after returned to her homeworld. Notorious for being the first female of her species to attempt mating with a non-H'nemthe, she began speaking publicly about her experience.

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The femaleH'nemthe M'iiyoom Onith was born to an unwealthy family on the planetH'nemthe, the homeworld of her species. She was named for the m'iiyoom, a white flower that blossomed on the planet and that translated from the H'nemthe to Basic as "Nightlily." Onith lived with her mother and sisters and did not bed a male during her youth or young adulthood. As virgins were forbidden to leave H'nemthe, she remained on the planet[1] until she was selected to take part in an experiment to see how well female H'nemthe would fare at finding mates from outside of their native culture.[3] Onith left to visit her sister on Cona,[1] and was accompanied by a chaperone during her travels until she boarded the wrong ship during a layover at a transfer station. The scientistMammon Hoole later believed that she may have done this intentionally in order to lose her chaperone.[3]

Before reaching Cona,[4] Onith ended up in the spaceportcity of Mos Eisley on Tatooine, where officials claimed that her travel papers were not in order. Forced to pay a passage tax, she was unable to afford transportation back to her homeworld.[1] Onith lingered in Mos Eisley for several weeks, becoming a regular at a local cantina.[5][6] Eventually, she made her way to a tax collector's office in the city and was directed to the male GotalFeltipern Trevagg. When she entered Trevagg's office, the Gotal glimpsed her and immediately fell in love, desiring to have sex with her as soon as possible. In order to keep her on Tatooine for the night, he told Onith that he would speak to the captain of the passenger liner the Tellivar Lady, but in reality dawdled on his way to Docking Bay 9, allowing the ship to lift off. Trevagg then took Onith to lunch at Court of the Fountain, an expensive restaurant owned by the crime lordJabba the Hutt.[1] While walking there from the tax office, he offered many compliments on her appearance, flattering her and winning some affection in return.[4]

Jabba the Hutt's chef Porcellus produced four courses of fruits and vegetables for Onith, as H'nemthe virgins were not permitted to eat meat. Over the meal and a bottle of wine, Trevagg expressed his love for her, and Onith interpreted the declaration as a proposal of marriage.[1] The Gotal played along, kissing Onith, and promising her a union of body and soul.[4] Hoping to rid himself of Onith after a single night of pleasure, Trevagg brought her back to his office and booked her passage from Tatooine on the passenger liner the Starswan, telling her that he would be joining her within the coming days. He then brought her to the cantina she had visited several weeks before, hoping to further inebriate her and secure his night of intercourse. Onith was excited at the prospect of marriage and happily followed Trevagg to the bar,[1] where he identified various species to her astonished eyes.[4]

Trevagg brought her to the Mos Eisley Inn.[1] Onith had fallen madly in love with him,[3] and they began to physically demonstrate their passion for one another.[4] After sex occurred, Onith used her razor-sharp tongue to gut Trevagg, as was customary for H'nemthe females to do. She left his corpse at the inn[1] and returned to her homeworld, where she gained notoriety for being the first female of her species to attempt mating with a non-H'nemthe. No longer a virgin, she became free to travel offworld, but preferred to remain on the planet and speak publicly about her experience.[3]

M'iiyoom Onith came from a culture that placed a premium on true love.[3] While being courted by Feltipern Trevagg, she was swayed by his charms[1] and fell madly in love with him.[3] She was also excited at the prospect of marrying him after having only known him for several hours. After consuming some alcohol, she desired to mate with him,[1] which in H'nemthe culture only occurred in cases of true love.[3]

After having lived her entire life on her homeworld, Onith was enchanted by many of the sights that she saw in Mos Eisley, including the Court of the Fountain restaurant,[1] the cantina that she and Trevagg visited, and the many species present in the city. She was shy and modest, denying Trevagg's claims that she was beautiful and only mentioning her virginity bashfully.[4] Trevagg surmised from her conversation skills and her inability to see through his lies that she was very unintelligent, but found her physically desirable nonetheless.[1]

Additionally, Onith was quick to frighten, and was uneasy entering the cantina,[1] wary of the dark thoughts and emotions within.[4] She relaxed when Trevagg promised her safety, however, as she felt completely comfortable in the presence of the Gotal.[1]

"When we first saw Feltiperrn in the cantina, he was snuggling up to a beak-nosed alien who was giggling up a storm. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but this comely alien was given the unflattering on-set nickname of Yam Nose."

M'iiyoom Onith first appeared as a background alien in the cantina scene of George Lucas's 1977 film Star Wars, played by an uncredited actor[2] and seen snuggling up to the Gotal character Feltipern Trevagg. Onith was one of the scene's booth-dwelling aliens whose masks were designed by makeup artist Rick Baker,[8] created for supplemental shooting done during post-production when Lucas decided to liven the scene with more action and additional characters.[9] Given the on-set nickname of Yam Nose, Onith was intended to receive the proper name of Yamnoss, but the idea never saw the light of day.[8] However, a H'nemthe character in 1978's The Star Wars Holiday Special that re-used Onith's mask was eventually dubbed Yamnoss.[10] Onith's mask was also re-used for a H'nemthe character that appeared in the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[8]